South Oakland Shelter

South Oakland Shelter is at our church _________. There are many needs, great and small, and a job for everyone as we work together to provide shelter, food, and community support for our guests from SOS. Sign up today to help in some way! For more information about SOS and how you can help, contact Mark Grobbel.

Sign up sheets outside Calvin Hall will be up soon or contact Mark Grobbel.

On-Call Drivers

Morning Drivers
- Drive guests from church to their destinations
- You will be called the night before about the time you are needed. List the time you are available to drive.
Evening Drivers
- Pick up guests at SOS in Royal Oak and drive them to FPC between 6:00pm and 7:00pm. This is for late arrivals who may have missed the church bus. Does not happen often. We will call you if you need to drive.

Dinner Servers and Sandwich Makers

Approximately a ninety minute commitment
5:30 to 7:00 pm
Help serve dinner and make sandwiches for next day lunches

Evening Hosts

Join guests for dinner
Clear and do dishes!!!!!!
Stay until 8:30pm (or later as needed)
Converse and share activities with guests

Morning Cooks

Arrive at 6:30am
Set out breakfast buffet for guests
Set out lunches – most likely in downstairs kitchen
Set out lunch components for guests to make lunch bags
Clean up kitchen
Provide list of items for lunch/breakfast coordinators

Overnight Hosts

2 overnight hosts (1 man and 1 woman)
Arrive at 8:30pm and stay until 7:00am
Converse and share activities with guests
Stay through the night to handle situations which may arise (hosts may sleep in shifts with at least one host awake at all times)
Wake up guests
Make coffee for breakfast (for departures before morning cooks arrive)
Give breakfast and bag lunches to guests leaving before morning cooks arrive

Sunday Bedding Pick Up
Meet at church at 12:30pm on Sunday, April 19, to drive to last SOS location to pick up SOS gear (mattresses and storage bins) and bring them to our church. Van or station wagon is helpful.